Carrie Thomas, 23-Year-Old Manager at Shakey's Pizza in Moreno Valley, Shot to Death in Car After Apparent ATM Robbery

The last thing Carrie Thomas' boss remembers her saying -- before the longtime Shakey's Pizza manager was found bleeding out in her black Mazda at 11:45 p.m. on Sunday night -- is that she needed to use the ATM [Press-Enterprise].

When police were called to the Visterra Credit Union parking lot to investigate a vehicle crashed into a light post, they noticed Thomas inside, suffering from a gunshot wound. The 23-year-old was rushed to Riverside County Regional Medical Center, where she was declared dead just hours later at 4:17 a.m.

Riverside sheriff's investigators only have one solid lead so far:

Sketchy ATM footage of a man in the parking lot on Sunday night. However, while combing the scene for more evidence, they're guessing from the circumstances of Thomas' death that she was the victim of a random robbery-homicide.

Harold Veum, owner of the Shakey's in Moreno Valley, told the Press-Enterprise that Thomas "had worked for the past five or six years" at the Sunnymead Boulevard pizza joint:

He described her as being like family and "one of the best managers I ever had," always arriving at work on time and calling in sick well in advance so a replacement could be found.